DC Universe Online has suffered from a super-powered glitch since the game launched two weeks ago. Sony Online Entertainment temporarily brought the game servers down this morning to put an end to it. The glitch involved players who chose a ‘Brawler’ combat type with Flight as their movement type. A couple of other melee types […]
A “lifelong friend” of Michael Jackson’s is promising to tell all. Frank Cascio, a former personal assistant to the singer, has a deal with William Morrow for “My Friend Michael.” The memoir is scheduled for this fall, the publisher announced Tuesday. According to Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, the book will offer an “uplifting and […]
iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Jan. 24, 2011 Singles 1. “Grenade,” Bruno Mars 2. “Black and Yellow,” Wiz Khalifa 3. “Hold It Against Me,” Britney Spears 4. “Tonight (feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E),” Enrique Iglesias 5. “Firework,” Katy Perry 6. “F(asterisk)(asterisk)kin’ Perfect,” P!nk 7. “Hey Baby (Drop It […]
Google appears to be buying the movie recommendation site fflick in what’s likely an attempt to boost its upcoming YouTube movie service. The in progress deal, estimated by TechCrunch to be worth $10 million, would give it access to a Twitter-based sentiment engine that helps gauge whether viewers liked a movie or whether it has […]
NVIDIA today brought its second-generation Fermi hardware into the true mid-range while resurrecting the Ti badge not used since the GeForce 3 and 4 days. The GeForce GTX 560 Ti directly replaces the GTX 460 and is about a third faster, owing both to 384 visual effects cores (up from 332) as well as a […]
Toshiba Storage Device Division has introduced its MKxx39GS series 1.8-inch spinning platter drives with SATA connectors. This gives the drives a 10 percent smaller footprint when compared to standard 1.8-inch drives, allowing the drive to be used in a wider range of applications. Intended uses include tablets, netbooks, and compact external drives. The new drives […]
The previously unseen AMD Radeon HD 6990 was seen this last weekend in a demo by the company’s graphics team manager Matt Skynner. The dual-chip graphics card was held up without explanation but confirmed rumors of a vapor chamber cooling system. Somewhat similar to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 580, it would have a blower to bring […]
Charter Communications and TiVo have announcemed that they will cooperate to bring TiVo’s interface to Charter’s set-tops. The hybrid platform will bring the standard cable experience and include both TiVo’s newer HD user interfaces which are currently running on TiVo’s Premiere boxes. Future TiVo platforms will also be used, adding new services and third-party apps. […]
Toshiba’s Fusion-based NB550D is currently not slated to head to the US. The netbook is one of the first netbooks to feature the AMD Fusion C-50 1GHz dual-core Ontario chip with integrated Radeon 6250 graphics. US users will now have to rely on Acer and HP who shipping notebooks with an AMD Fusion configuration. The […]
Barnes & Noble said it has exceeded sales expectations of its Nook Newstand magazines and newspapers. With more than 650,000 subscriptions and single-copy sales, the company attributed much of this success to its Nook Color. The device is rare among reading-focused devices and can handle tasks that a paper version of a periodical can’t match. […]
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